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Meanings of spurn in English

Portuguese
recusar
Catalan
rebutjar
Spanish
rechazar

Reject with contempt.

recusar
Usage of spurn in English
1
However, it is thought that some funds will spurn a consortium arrangement.
The Irish Times
2
You chose to spurn the first; now you must test the other.
The Parasite: A Story
3
But I spurn the angel, and open my door to the beast.
My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
4
Thy step will no longer spurn the earth that it treads on.
"My Novel" — Volume 12
5
But I spurn him for a hero- Irejecthim for a brother.
The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
6
That she would spurn me for leaving her alone in the woods.
The Name of the Wind
7
He is the sixth man to spurn the loving lover's lovely love.
The Robot Who Looked Like Me
8
If I died, she might mourn for me-dishonored ,shewould spurn me--
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
9
Why should God continue when we only spurn his offers of mercy?
And Judas Iscariot / Together with other evangelistic addresses
10
And was I now, he asked me, to spurn and ruin him?
Victory: An Island Tale
11
Is my love naught that he should wish thee to spurn it...?
"Unto Caesar"
12
Prick him; beg; buffet; entreat; spurn; split the globe, he will not budge.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
13
He will believe both I and the Trojans spurn him and want war.
Helen of troy
14
Not a man to spurn a challenge, he crosses without incident.
The Irish Times
15
Another reason why Rhiannon could not spurn Edmyg, despite his perfidy.
Celtic fire
16
They would themselves spurn the superstition that consecrates mere earthly dust.
Adèle Dubois / A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Bru...
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Translations for spurn
Spanish
rechazar
Spurn through the time
Spurn across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common